By TIOL News Service

NEW DELHI, AUG 20, 2014: THE Quarantine cum Isolation Health Facility at Delhi Airport has not admitted any suspect case for observation/ testing yesterday.

The Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP) is tracking such passengers, the details of which are provided to them by the Airport Health Organization. Yesterday, 33 passengers were enrolled for follow up in their respective States through State IDSP units. As on date, a cumulative number of 353 passengers are being tracked. Most of them are in the States of Maharashtra, Kerala and Tamil Nadu.

The Control Room in the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare has received 600 calls since its inception on 09/08/2014 morning and only 24 calls received in the past 24 hours. Most of the callers have sought information on signs and symptoms of the disease and travel related risk of acquiring the infection.

WHO has reported a total of 2240 cases and 1229 deaths (as on 16 th August 2014) due to Ebola Virus Disease from affected countries. Country-wise break up is as under:

It has been recommended that now onwards, the passengers from the affected countries would be categorized at the airports to be High, Medium and Low risk. High risk passengers would be those with symptoms and they would be admitted to identified health facility. Medium risk would be those passengers with known history of contact with a case of EVD. Such passengers would be tracked by the IDSP in their respective States / UTs. The low risk category would be asymptomatic passengers without any contact history. They would be provided information and they will report to a health facility if symptoms develop.